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The NBA held an exhibition at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa, a game filled with star power that perhaps was a step toward the league holding a regular season game in an African nation. Chris Paul, Pau Gasol, Luol Deng and others played, and Gregg Popovich coached. But the coolest part had to be the sight of Hakeem Olajuwon, 52, and Dikembe Mutombo, 49, suiting up for Team Africa, which lost to Team World, 101-97. … Tiger Woods fizzled at the Quickens Loans National, following his second-round 66 with a third-round 74. The world's 258th-ranked golfer can't string together enough good rounds to get back to relevancy. … Clayton Kershaw put up zeroes for...

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